The Phantom And The Dreamer (Patience Worth Poems)
Phantom:Thick stands the hill in garb of fir,And winter-stripped the branching shrub.Cold grey the sky, and glistered o'erWith star-dust pulsing ...
Patience Worth Poems on Brothers (22 Poems)
A God Of Wrath? (Patience Worth Poems)
Fearful, fearful! Oh, God of the lightnings!Fearful, fearful! Oh, God of the thunders!Fearful, fearful! Oh, God of the tempest!Fearful, fearful! ...
Death (Patience Worth Poems)
Who art thou,Who tracketh 'pon the path o' me-O' each turn, aye, and track?Thou! And thou astand!And o'er thy face ...
Who Art Thou, Who Tracketh ‘Pon The Path O’ Me? (Patience Worth Poems)
Who art thou,Who tracketh 'pon the path o' meO' each turn, aye, and track?Thou! And thou astand!And o'er thy face ...
Wasted Treasures (Patience Worth Poems)
Oh, I once had a smile, and it flickeredAnd flashed o'er my shadowy way.But I needed it not, and I ...
My Dull Brother (Patience Worth Poems)
You, my brother, you, whose dull eyesLook forth unto dull days, whose hours make progressLike unto a procession of cowled ...
Spirit And Flesh (Patience Worth Poems)
Christ! Man! Dusts!Yet upon the day that He hath spokenHangeth the hope of eons that proceed!Christ! Man! Flesh!The mouthing of ...
The Phantom’s Touch (Patience Worth Poems)
I recall a touch, which frequently fell upon me,A chilling touch as though the shroudOf Eternity had swept me.Well I ...
Brother, Weary O’ The Plod (Patience Worth Poems)
Brother, weary o' the plod,Art sorried sore o' waiting?Brother, bowed aneath the pack o' Earth,Art seeking o' the pathThat leadest ...
The Crystal Cup (Patience Worth Poems)
Give me no trumpet!Oh, let me declare myself-not holy,But Godlike, for He is beyond the holiest.Let me make bare before ...
Beyond The Gates (Patience Worth Poems)
Beyond that celestial gateway, Oh, tell me,Doth there stray no thing but hath reachedPerfection's Realm? Oh, let me treasureWithin my ...
Wisdom’s Rude Lover (Patience Worth Poems)
Gently, brother, gently. Have reverence!Remember, wisdom is an aged thing.Be not flippant; be not pertly jestful.Gently, brother, gently. Remember, the ...
Mary Mother (Patience Worth Poems)
Mary, mother, thou art the Spring that flowereth,Though nay man aplanteth thee.Mary, mother, the song of thee,That lulled His dreams ...
How Shall I Die? (Patience Worth Poems)
How shall I die?Shall I lay me down upon a rosed couch-Sipping cool waters, and languorously die?Shall I do some ...
My Tongue (Patience Worth Poems)
Mine is a cunning implement!There is nothing which mayDeny me wielding it,Yet I have an o'ercoming awe at the thought,That ...
Who Is He, Becowled (Patience Worth Poems)
Who is he, becowled,Most foreboding, seeking yon?Surely no companion of mine!He drones a dull page, and his utteranceCometh forth as ...
The Shepherd At The Door (Patience Worth Poems)
Behold man. Man, Man, God's noblest creation.What doth man do with his heritance?Show me one king who with his powerHath ...
The Helpless Pot (Patience Worth Poems)
Oh, gently, brother, gently!I am a pot upon the shelf,And thou art passing.Gently, brother, gently! Brush me not.Oh, if thou ...
I’d Sing (Patience Worth Poems)
I'd sing. Wearied word adroppedBy weary ones, and broken moldAfashioned out by wearied hands;A falter-song sung through tears o' wearied ...
Soundless Voices (Patience Worth Poems)
Ah, art thou listening, brother?Then speak, what hearest thou?Hast heard the mocking of the insistent life,Which is telling itself to ...
Earth-Brown Brother (Patience Worth Poems)
Ah, wee plumed, earth-brown brother,Whose nest hangs damp at dawn;Hast thou begun at day's fair breakTo sing of Night's soft ...
Weary Not, O Brother! (Patience Worth Poems)
Weary not, O brother!'Tis apaled, the sun's gold sink;Then weary not, but set thy path to end;E'en as the light ...